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James William Doran

In memory of:

Private James William Doran

October 1, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

3080709

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

September 18, 1897

Commemorated on Page 399 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

A. 13.

Location:

Tilloy (or Tilloy-les-Cambrai) is a village in the Department of the Nord, 2.5 kilometres north of Cambrai and 1 kilometre east of the Cambrai-Douai road. MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY is south-west of the village, near the west side of the Douai road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 245 of 1076. Originally buried in Cameron Cemetery, TILLOY-LEZ-CAMBRAI. After the Armistice, his body, and those of 46 other Canadian soldiers buried in this Cemetery were exhumed and re-interred in MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY.

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    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 245 of 1076. Originally buried in Cameron Cemetery, TILLOY-LEZ-CAMBRAI. After the Armistice, his body, and those of 46 other Canadian soldiers buried in this Cemetery were exhumed and re-interred in MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY.
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